How important is the prestige of the applicants undergrad University?

Out of high school I accepted a scholarship to play football at a less than desirable institution academically, however my grades are very high. My quetion was simply; does the prestige of my undergraduate institution weigh heavily in the application process to law school?

I don't even think it matters if it is a reputed degree mill. Schools just have to report your undergrate GPA the substance of the GPA doesn't matter. You can have a 3.4 from in molecular biology from an Ivy League or a 3.4 in basket weaving from X State Weaver Institute and as far as the ABA & U.S. news is concerned your undergrad GPA is a 3.4 and the school can report the average UGPA of their incoming class is 3.4. You can see the obvious flaw in that, but it is the way the system works.